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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 19, what does Henry tell Mateu Robles he thinks Robles's freedom is contingent upon?
2. In Chapter 17, what does Felicity discover about the panacea?
3. What do Helena and her brother tell Felicity when she asks what is in the Baseggio box?
4. In Chapter 19, what is the name of Mateu Robles's song about death that he composed?
5. What offer does Helena Robles make to Felicity, Percy and Henry in Chapter 14?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 19, why does Henry fake a theft?
2. In Chapter 19, what does Henry say to the thief-taker that prompts the thief-taker to strike him?
3. In Chapter 21, why does the boatswain refuse to let Felicity, Percy, and Henry on the boat to Italy once he sees them all together?
4. In Chapter 13, what does Dante Robles tell Henry his father was obsessed with before his death?
5. In Chapter 16, what information does Henry learn from snooping through letters in the Robles's study?
6. At the end of Chapter 17, what does Felicity tell both Percy and Henry that makes them both embarrassed and squeamish?
7. In Chapter 15, why does Felicity tell Henry she is sorry for him?
8. In Chapter 24, how does Henry convince the French naval men to leave Scipio's ship alone?
9. In Chapter 20, why does Helena stab Henry when she finds him in the study?
10. In Chapter 13, what is Henry's impression of Dante Robles?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What combination of factors, feelings, and events finally makes Henry able to sever his ties with his father and his inheritance? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Lee's decision to write the novel from the first-person point of view of Henry Montague. How does this choice affect the reader's perception of both Henry himself, and of the other main characters?
Essay Topic 3
Taking into account Lee's extensive Author's Note explaining the societal norms and values of Henry's day in the eighteenth century, how likely do you think it is that he and Percy would have been able to live either discreetly or openly as same-sex lovers? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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